Das von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz eingerichtete Graduiertenkolleg 1876 „Frühe Konzepte von Mensch und Natur: Universalität, Spezifität, Tradierung“ hat

1 Promotionsstelle (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L 65%)

zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt für zweieinhalb Jahre zu besetzen.

Das Graduiertenkolleg wird von den Fachdisziplinen Ägyptologie, Altorientalistik, Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Pleistozäne Archäologie), Klassische Archäologie, Klassische Philologie (Gräzistik und Latinistik), Byzantinistik und Germanistische Mediävistik getragen.

Das Forschungsprogramm des Graduiertenkollegs verfolgt das Ziel, Konzepte von Mensch und Natur und deren Ursprünge im nordostafrikanischen, vorderasiatischen und europäischen Raum in der Zeit ab 100.000 Jahren v. Chr. bis zum Mittelalter – ausgehend von textuellen, bildlichen und materiellen Quellen – exemplarisch zu erfassen und kulturimmanent wie auch transkulturell zu untersuchen. Dazu werden vier Forschungsschwerpunkte betrachtet:

(1) Konzepte von Urzuständen und Urelementen, von Weltentstehung und Weltuntergang;

(2) Konzepte von Naturphänomenen, Naturgewalten und Naturkatastrophen;

(3) Konzepte von Flora, Fauna und Naturraum;

(4) Konzepte vom menschlichen Körper, von Krankheit, Heilung und Tod.

Die Dissertationsthemen sind jeweils einem dieser Bereiche und einer Fachdisziplin zuzuordnen.

In dieser Ausschreibungsrunde suchen wir Dissertationsvorhaben, die thematisch an bereits im Graduiertenkolleg laufende Dissertationsprojekte anknüpfen, sowie weitere Dissertationsprojekte im Rahmen der vier Forschungsschwerpunkte.

Detaillierte Informationen zum Forschungs- und Qualifizierungsprogramm, zu laufenden Dissertationsprojekten sowie zu den einzelnen Fachvertretern und Fachvertreterinnen sind auf der Homepage des Graduiertenkollegs (http://www.grk-konzepte-mensch-natur.uni-mainz.de/) einzusehen.

Einstellungsvoraussetzung und Qualifikationsmerkmale:

- ein abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (Master/Magister oder Äquivalent) mit überdurchschnittlicher Qualifikation in einer der oben genannten Disziplinen, mit dem die Anforderungen der Promotionsordnungen der Fachbereiche 05 bzw. 07 der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz erfüllt werden (http://www.fb05.uni-mainz.de/1620.php bzw. https://www.geku.uni-mainz.de/promotion/)

Was wir bieten:

- eine Beschäftigung nach dem Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst der Länder (TV-L) mit Vergütung nach Entgeltgruppe 13 (65%-Stelle)

- zusätzliche betriebliche Altersversorgung (VBL)

- ein strukturiertes Promotionsprogramm

- Möglichkeit zum intensiven fachlichen und interdisziplinären Austausch

- intensive Betreuung durch zwei Professoren/Professorinnen unterschiedlicher Fachgebiete aus dem Trägerkreis

- Mentoring-Programm mit internationalen Kooperationspartnern/Kooperationspartnerinnen

- Praktikumsmöglichkeiten in kooperierenden Einrichtungen

- Möglichkeit zur Finanzierung eines vierwöchigen Auslandsaufenthalts sowie der Reisekosten zu Vorträgen und Tagungen im In- und Ausland

- umfangreiches Angebot zum Erwerb von Schlüsselqualifikationen und Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen

- einen modernen Arbeitsplatz in einem angenehmen Arbeitsumfeld

- Möglichkeit zur Bewerbung um eine sechsmonatige Anschubfinanzierung von Nachfolgeprojekten nach erfolgreichem Abschluss der Promotion

Was wir erwarten:

- Arbeit an der Dissertation mit Fokussierung auf die Thematik des Graduiertenkollegs

- wissenschaftliche Weiterqualifikation im Rahmen eines strukturierten Promotionsprogramms

- engagierte Mitarbeit im Graduiertenkolleg

- Bereitschaft zum interdisziplinären Arbeiten

- Präsenz in Mainz

- mit Abschluss der dreijährigen Förderung: Promotion an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Einzureichende Unterlagen:

- Bewerbungsformular (steht auf der Homepage zum Download zur Verfügung)

- Motivationsschreiben

- tabellarischer Lebenslauf

- Qualifizierungszeugnisse (transcript of records; einschließlich Abitur)

- dreiseitige Zusammenfassung der Abschlussarbeit

- pdf-Datei der Abschlussarbeit

- vierseitiges Exposé eines Dissertationsvorhabens (Abstract, Fragestellung, Zielsetzung, Forschungsstand, Methodik, Arbeits- und Zeitplan)

- zwei Empfehlungsschreiben von Professoren/Professorinnen zur Bewertung und Einschätzung der bisherigen Studien-leistungen (bitte lassen Sie diese vor Bewerbungsschluss direkt an die Sprecherin senden)

- falls bereits vorhanden: Nachweise wissenschaftlicher Aktivitäten (Teilnahme an Tagungen, Publikationen etc.)

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Die Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz ist bestrebt, den Anteil der Frauen im wissenschaftlichen Bereich zu erhöhen und fordert daher Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen nachdrücklich auf, sich zu bewerben. Die Universität unterstützt ihre Mitglieder bei der Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie und bietet familienfreundliche Studien- und Arbeitsbedingungen. Menschen mit Behinderung werden bei gleicher Eignung und Befähigung vorrangig berücksichtigt. Es ist empfehlenswert, auf eine evtl. Behinderung bereits in der Bewerbung hinzuweisen.

Weitere Informationen zum Bewerbungs- und Auswahlverfahren finden Sie auf der Homepage des Graduiertenkollegs. Bei inhaltlichen Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an die betreffenden Fachvertreter/Fachvertreterinnen des Graduiertenkollegs. Bei organisatorischen Fragen kontaktieren Sie bitte die Geschäftsstelle.

Bewerbungen sind bis 13. Oktober 2019 ausschließlich elektronisch (pdf-Format) an die Sprecherin des Graduiertenkollegs, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Pommerening (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!), zu richten.

Sabrina Niederelz
Koordinations- und Geschäftsstelle
Graduiertenkolleg 1876 "Frühe Konzepte von Mensch und Natur"
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Hegelstr. 59
55122 Mainz
Tel.: 06131 39-27228

www.grk-konzepte-mensch-natur.uni-mainz.de

Call for Applications

The interdisciplinary Research Training Group 1876 “Early Concepts of Humans and Nature: Universal, Specific, Interchanged” established by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz invites applications for

1 doctoral position (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, 13 TV-L 65%)

starting at the earliest opportunity. Initial appointment will be for two and a half years.

The Research Training Group is directed by scholars from the fields of Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Pre- and Protohistorical Archaeology (Pleistocene Archaeology), Near Eastern Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Classics (Greek and Latin), Byzantine Studies and Medieval German Studies.

In the Research Training Group’s research programme, the object is to record concepts of humans and nature in the Near Eastern, Northeast African and European area in the period from ca. 100.000 years B.C.E. until the Middle Ages – starting out from textual, pictorial and material sources – by means of examples and to study them in culturally immanent as well as transcultural respects. In order to align the spectrum of potential fields of topics in a targeted manner four main focal points of research have been defined:

(1) Primordial conditions and elements, the origin and the end of the world;

(2) Natural phenomena, the forces of nature, and natural catastrophes;

(3) Flora, fauna, and natural environment;

(4) The conceptualization of the human body, of disease, healing and death.

Topics for PhD theses must be chosen from one of these four areas and belong to one of the academic disciplines mentioned above.

We are looking for dissertation projects that will connect with and complement dissertation projects within the Research Training Group as well as additional dissertation projects belonging to one of the four areas.

For detailed information regarding our research and training programme and for a list of the academic staff involved in our graduate school, please refer to our homepage (http://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-grk-man-nature/).

Requirements for appointment:

- a diploma or master’s degree (or equivalent) with excellent results in one of the disciplines mentioned above and fulfilment of the necessary requirements for enrolment on a doctoral degree in either Faculty (Fachbereich) 05 or 07 of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (https://www.uni-mainz.de/studium/171_ENG_HTML.php)

We offer:

- a salary based on the German public sector pay scale (TV-L)

- a PhD programme with clearly defined steps and instruction

- ample opportunities for intensive professional and interdisciplinary exchange

- close supervision by two professors of different academic disciplines of the Research Training Group’s core faculty

- a mentoring programme with cooperating partners in Germany and abroad

- traineeships within cooperating institutes

- additional funding for staying for up to four weeks abroad at a research institute cooperating with our programme as well as for attending conferences inside and outside Germany

- classes helping you to acquire key qualifications (e.g. time-management or academic writing courses)

- a modern and pleasant working environment

- optional six months’ funding for developing a new research project once you have completed your PhD

We expect:

- preparation of a doctoral thesis within our research programme

- scientific training within a structured dissertation programme

- continuous participation in the study programme

- cooperation with other PhD students and scholars from neighbouring fields and disciplines

- presence at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

- after the three year funding period: doctorate at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

The following documents must be provided:

- application form (available on the website for download)

- a letter of motivation

- a curriculum vitae

- a complete transcript of academic records, including the last school report obtained before entering university (Abitur, highschool-diploma or equivalent)

- a résumé of the graduate thesis you submitted (3 pages)

- your graduate thesis in a pdf-file

- an exposé for a PhD thesis in one of the areas of the Research Training Group, summarizing the idea, outlining research questions and state of the art, approach and methods to be used, work and time schedule (4 pages)

- two letters of reference from members of academic staff allowing us to judge your abilities (to be sent before the closing date directly to the spokesperson)

- if available: a list of attended conferences and publications

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Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is keen to increase the number of women among its scholars and thus encourages women to apply. The university supports its members in reconciling professional and family responsibilities and offers family-friendly study and working conditions. Disabled persons will be given preference if equally qualified. It is recommended to refer to a possible handicap in the application.

Further details regarding the application process and the selection of candidates are available on the homepage of our graduate school. You may also contact a member of the Research Training Group’s staff in your discipline if you have a specific question. For organizational questions you may contact the coordination office.

Please submit your complete application in electronic form (pdf) no later than October 13th, 2019 to the Research Training Group’s spokesperson Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Pommerening (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!).

www.grk-konzepte-mensch-natur.uni-mainz.de

Sabrina Niederelz
Koordinations- und Geschäftsstelle
Graduiertenkolleg 1876 "Frühe Konzepte von Mensch und Natur"
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Hegelstr. 59
55122 Mainz
Tel.: 06131 39-27228

Title: The Transfer of Power and/or Learning (translatio imperii and/or translatio studii) as an Anchoring Device in Early Modern (Neo-Latin) Literature

(Anchoring Work Package 6, Reception of Antiquity)

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr A.B. Wessels (Leiden University), Dr S.T.M. de Beer (Leiden University).

Job description:

This project studies the reception of a ‘Denkform’ from classical antiquity: the notion that there is a natural ‘transfer’ or succession from one culture to the other (the so-called translatio). In antiquity, authoritative schemes of translatio were, e.g., the translatio studii (transfer of intellectual culture or learning) from Greece to Rome, or that of the translatio imperii (transfer of empire) from Troy to Rome. In Early Modern (Neo-Latin) literature this same notion of ‘transfer’ was employed in order to legitimize innovative shifts of power or learning. This ‘Denkform’ anchors these innovations in two ways: first by establishing a connection between the new power or centre of learning and Antiquity via such ‘transfer’; second, by establishing a connection between the Early Modern and ancient notions of ‘transfer’.

The PhD project is part of the programme described above. Possible topics are the legitimization of new centres of power by means of creating a genealogical connection with Troy, or the legitimization of new centres of learning, new forms of literature, or even ‘new’ literary languages by creating a connection with the literature of Rome and Greece.

Candidates are invited to design their own research project, set out in a structured PhD proposal (title, research question, scholarly background, aims, method, corpus). Their research should be primarily based on Neo-Latin sources, but projects in which a comparison with vernacular sources is included are also (and even especially) welcome. In any case, the project should contribute to the overall research programme and address the following research questions: in what ways is the translatio-scheme used as an (anchored) anchoring device? How does it help author(s) to legitimize or generate prestige for new centres of power or new forms of literature? And what does their use of this scheme as anchoring device teach us about the concept of anchoring innovation itself?

More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.

Organisational unit:

Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).

For more information see:

The Faculty of Humanities: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities.

The Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, LUCAS:

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/centre-for-the-arts-in-society.

Position:

PhD project, 4 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 April 2020. Initially a contract will be given for 12 months, with an extension for the following 36 months on condition of a positive evaluation.

Salary:

€ 2.325,- to € 2.972,- gross per month (based on a full-time appointment of 38 hours).

Tasks of the PhD candidate will include:

• Completion of a PhD thesis within four years;
• Participation in meetings of the project research group(s);
• Presentations of intermediate research results at workshops and conferences;
• Participation in the training programme of the Graduate School of Leiden University and the National Research School OIKOS (to be supplemented with modules from the research schools Huizinga or Mediëvistiek if desirable for the project);
• Participation in staff meetings of the Leiden Classics team and the intellectual life and PhD community of the department and the institute;
• Some teaching in the second and third years of the appointment.

Requirements:

• A Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Classics, with a MA-thesis on a topic from Latin or Neo-Latin literature, or a Research MA, MA or MPhil degree in Renaissance Studies (or comparable programme), with a MA-thesis that demonstrates solid expertise in Latin literature, held by time of appointment (if the degree is not yet obtained at the time of application, a statement by the applicant’s supervisor should confirm that it will be obtained by time of appointment);
• Excellent research skills;
• A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
• Excellent command of English.

Application:

In order to be considered, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):

• Cover letter;
• CV, including contact information of two referees;
• Transcript of records;
• Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two pages A4);
• Copy of relevant diploma;
• If necessary (see requirements), statement by supervisor confirming that the applicant will hold the required degree at the time of appointment.

Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! before 1 November 2019.

Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.

More information about this position may be obtained from Dr Susanna de Beer, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.

Title: Anchoring Innovation in Greek Sanctuaries

(Anchoring Work Package 3, Philosophy and Religion)

Supervisory team:

Prof. Dr J.H. Blok (Utrecht University) and Dr F. van den Eijnde (Utrecht University), in collaboration with prof. Dr T. Tieleman (Utrecht University) and prof. Dr O. van Nijf (University of Groningen).

Job description:

Greek sanctuaries were places where humans interacted not only with the gods but also with one another. Regulating human conduct through formalized rules, they served as the quintessential institutions of Greek society. The neutral space provided by the temenē of the gods was a fertile ground for communication between various groups both within and beyond the polis. As nodes within a wider local, regional, or international network, Greek sanctuaries were eminently suitable for a variety of coded messaging with regard to social status, political intent, and intercultural exchange. Such statements were incessantly anchored in the collective consciousness through a wide variety of media, not least among which inscriptions, monuments, dedications, ritual acts, and feasting practices.

If such cultic elements actively shaped the relations between humans in the context of a wider religious framework, they were nevertheless meant to be stable and unchangeable. Yet change they did, in many ways: new gods were introduced; groups or individuals were included or excluded from a cult; new architecture, sacrifices, or cultic rules were introduced; financial arrangements were changed. In short, sanctuaries were continuously adapted to new circumstances. How did cultic expressions anchor innovative notions of political status and cultural identity? How could all these changes be accommodated to a pattern of thought and action, which claimed to be entirely in line with ‘just as our ancestors did it’? Which means were available or created to anchor such innovations in the essentially traditional cultic sphere? Did this anchoring process usually succeed, or do we see cases of failure? What made the difference?

Candidates for this postdoc project are invited to submit a 1500 word proposal concerning the anchoring of innovation in archaic and classical Greek sanctuaries. We are looking for historical research, based on archaeological and/or written (epigraphic, literary) sources, on any aspect of innovation in the religious domain with a focus on human agency (cults, sanctuaries, gods, polis religion, private cults, finance, priesthoods, etc.).

The successful candidate is prepared to assist in the organization of workshops and conferences and the writing of grant proposals. (S)he will also work together with researchers on the philosophy of religion and on festivals in Hellenistic-Roman Greece as part of Work Package 3 of the Anchoring Innovation project and members of the OIKOS research group Cultural Interactions in the Ancient World, see www.ru.nl/oikos/research-groups/cultural-interactions-ancient-world.

More information about the Anchoring Innovation research agenda of OIKOS can be found on the OIKOS website (www.ru.nl/oikos/anchoring-innovation), including an article by Ineke Sluiter, entitled “Anchoring Innovation: a Classical Research Agenda”.

Organisational unit:

Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. For more information, see:

www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-humanities.

Position:

Postdoc project, 1.5 years (1.0 fte, 38 hrs/week), starting date to be agreed, with a preference for 1 March 2020.

Salary:

€ 3.637,- to € 4.978,- gross per month for a full-time appointment (38 hours) depending on prior education and working experience (pay scale 11, in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).

Tasks of the postdoc will include:

• Researching, writing, and publishing two research papers;
• Presenting papers at conferences, both in the Netherlands and internationally;
• Taking part in the life of the Ancient History Department at Utrecht University, and participating in the academic community of the national research school OIKOS, and the wider Anchoring Innovation project.

Requirements:

• A PhD, preferably in Classics or Ancient History (held by time of appointment and obtained no longer than five years ago);
• An excellent research and publication record in relation to stage of career;
• A strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
• Excellent command of English;
• Some organisational experience.

Application:

In order to be admissible, applications must include the following information (in the same order), in one PDF file (not zipped):

• Cover letter;
• CV, including contact information of two referees;
• Transcript of records;
• Research proposal of 1500 words. This does not include the bibliography and (if appropriate) an appendix containing a list of sources (together max. two pages A4);
• Copy of relevant diploma.

Please submit your complete application to Aniek van den Eersten, the coordinator of the Anchoring-programme, via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!before 1 November 2019.

Interviews will take place in the week of 2-6 December 2019. For candidates living abroad interviews may be held via Skype.

Enquiries about the position can be addressed to Dr Van den Eijnde, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. Questions about the procedure can be directed to Aniek van den Eersten, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.